Cops: Car hits, injures 2 pedestrians in Connecticut

The Associated Press

Published 8:54 am, Monday, September 14, 2015

EAST HARTFORD >> Police say two pedestrians are in the hospital after they were hit by a car in Connecticut.

The incident happened around 7:30 p.m. Sunday on Main Street in East Hartford. Police say both the man and the woman have been hospitalized at St. Francis Hospital and Medical Center with non-life threatening injuries.

Lt. Juan Rivera of the East Hartford Police Department says the driver remained at the scene and is cooperating with police. There is no word on citations or charges at this time.

Rivera says the names of the people struck were not available late Sunday night. It is not clear how the accident happened.